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Looks like last call for Hillary — And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night ... “ — That's Crystal Gayle from the opening of her hit song, “Talking In Your Sleep,” No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts in 1978. No, hang on a minute, it's Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign theme.
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Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton released tax data Friday showing they earned $109 million over the last eight years, an ascent into the uppermost tier of American taxpayers that seemed unimaginable in 2001 …
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What Did Bill Clinton Do To Get $15M From Ron Burkle? — The campaign press statement accompanying the release on Friday of Hillary Clinton's 2000 - 2007 tax returns includes some useful summary data for the media: Bill and Hillary Clinton's total income over the past 8 years, $109 million …

THE CLINTONS' FAVORITE CHARITY (CORRECTION APPENDED) — Yesterday the news was full of accounts of the Clintons' 2000-2006 tax returns. At the top of the stories reporting the Clintons' total income of $109 million over the past eight years — as in the “deep background” …

The Clintons' taxes — Long-awaited, they arrive — when else — at 4:00 p.m. Friday.

Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells — Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care …


The Democratic veep prospects: A guide — Four years ago today, The New York Times reported that an adviser to John Kerry had completed interviews with four contenders for the vice presidential nomination. — Today, both Democratic campaigns are laughing off the notion of choosing a running mate …

Passport Official to Leave Post — A State Department official in charge of passport services is stepping down two weeks after the agency said files of the three presidential candidates had been improperly accessed. A department spokesman said Ann Barrett, the deputy assistant secretary …
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Passport official quits amid probes — The State Department official in charge of U.S. passport services stepped down yesterday amid investigations into security breaches in the document records and overcharges for blank passports. — In the latest blow against the agency …
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White Guys Are Back — It was probably inevitable. The historic contest between a woman and an African-American for the presidential nomination is now all about white men. — Not that the white male voters asked for this. They've been uncommitted, supporting Hillary in one contest and Barack in the next.


SNOOP DOGG BLASTS OBAMA — Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has launched a scathing attack on U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, accusing him of gleaning support from the Ku Klux Klan. — The rapper, real name Calvin Broadus Jr., insists the Democratic candidate has received funding from the KKK.

The Witchpointer-General — One of the striking features of my current troubles with Canada's “Human Rights” Commissions is the way, in the name of ersatz “human rights”, these pseudo-courts trample on one of the bedrock human rights: the presumption of innocence.
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Beware the New New Thing — RECENTLY, the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust task force invited me to be the lead witness for its hearing on “net neutrality.” I've collaborated with the Future of Music Coalition, and my band, OK Go, has been among the first to find real success on the Internet …

Walls close in on Phelpses — Judge orders liens on church building, law office — A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building and the Phelps-Chartered Law office. — If the case presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett …


80,000 Jobs Lost; Democrats Urge Aid Package — The nation's employers eliminated tens of thousands of jobs for the third month in a row, the government reported Friday, and top Democrats immediately called for new measures to help suffering American workers.

Ukraine and Genocide — I find this controversy absolutely fascinating (which is why I will probably write a column about it). The Ukrainians want to call the organized murder of Ukrainians “genocide.” The Russians don't. One of the things I find particularly interesting …
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